ISerializable - Roy Osherove's Blog

this isn't a comparison. this is a msg posted after a bad day

Oh boy, another Very Basic-y not getting the power and features of CodeRush - well, be happy with CodeSmart and just leave us alone, will ya?

I wrote a VS.NET macro that will provide the functionality of the Selection Expansion feature. If you are interested you can find it at http://www.idiotproof.org/DasBlog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=84a07b84-6023-4b36-a9a6-641845d84459

Hi Roy,

First of all, I want to say how impressed I am with your passion for CodeSmart. It's a great thing to be excited about a tool that improves your life.

I would like to respond to two issues raised in your message.

First, you expressed concern about CodeSmart not appearing in our feature comparison. We omitted CodeSmart because it did not have the buzz that Visual Assist X and Resharper did. CodeSmart was a candidate for inclusion, but so were others, including Visual SlickEdit, CodeObject Premium, CodeWright, CodePatterns.NET, CodeObject, CodeBox, Studio Complete, CodeReview, CodeSwap, etc. In the near future when we dedicate resources to updating the feature comparison matrix, it is likely that CodeSmart will appear in that list.

Second, I wanted to clear up some potential confusion. No where on our site do we claim that CodeRush is the only tool to include code templates. We do say that "CodeRush is the only programmer's tool to ship with an extensive code template library." This statement is true. The CodeRush template library is *extensive* (huge in breadth and depth). Most tools offering code templates include a small handful of simple templates. The burden then falls on the customer to determine and fill-in the missing pieces. Most developers don't spend every waking moment thinking about ways to improve their productivity, but we do. The CodeRush templates provide a strong foundation upon which teams and individuals can build and extend to fulfill changing needs. The content is accessible, consistent, sophisticated, and quite efficient.

I offer the following section of the CodeRush User Guide as proof:

Create\Code Templates\Member Declarations

This will provide a peek at a small but important cross-section of the entire template library.

Finally, I wanted to add that I think being a fan of a developer tool is a great thing, and we fully support our customers who use other third-party tools with CodeRush. The very nature of CodeRush's visual extensibility architecture is a testament to that philosophy. We think there is nothing cooler than a new dev tool idea with a great implementation, and that's why we made it so easy to extend Visual Studio with CodeRush. This is also why we have made the core CodeRush engine and the plug-in wizards free to all developers. Of course, we feel this way not only for plug-ins that work with CodeRush, but also for products made by our competitors.

Ultimately, it's about increasing productivity, and we have great respect for anyone who is working hard to do that.

Best regards,

Mark Miller - Developer Express

Woah. Mark Miller did an OWNED on you! yeah, I got coderush, and I'm lovin' it. CodeSmart could be better, but as for now, CodeRush is my dev add on of choice.

I haven't had it long either. Just a week, and now I can't live w/o it. I saw it at VSLive on Mark Miller's box when he went over Operator Overloads.

Some "templates" of CodeRush is, some isn't useful

Just used CodeRush for the first time and I have to say I hate it.  It's slow and locks the IDE for  blocks of upto five to ten seconds each time it has to 'think'.  It's inline 'intelligent' guessing is often wrong and only guesses at function names and not variables.

I may have not configured it right or used it properly, but I didn't like it. It got in my way.  Uninstall > Coderush. My money you won't be getting.

Hi Chris,

May be its high time you throw away your old PC which stucks for 5 seconds. I have been using CodeRush on a rusty office PC and its working fine.

Parvel